Dust-collecting pan.



F. HARVEY.

DUST

APPLICATION FILED FEB.23,1909.

COLLECTING PAN.

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STATES PATENT FANNIE HARVEY, 0F FAR-MINGTGN, ILLINOIS.

DUST-COLLECTING- PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed February 23, 1909. Serial No. 479,326.

Pans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in dust collecting pans and has for its object the provision of a device of that kind which is to be used for collecting the dust and soot from the open flue of stoves, ranges and the like.

It is well known considerable difficulty is experienced in removing the collected dust and soot from the oven floor of a stove or range, due to the fact that no particular form of vessel has heretofore been devised which would enable the operator to clean the flue without risk of the particles of soot flying about the room and settling in undesirable places. The present invention aims to remedy this by providing a pan into dust and soot may be swept and held therein against flying away until taken to the desired dumping place.

A further object is the provision of a pan which may be utilized to clean the dust and soot from the wall of the oven without neces- 'sitating any change in its position in order to permit the operator to successfully use the brush or other implement used for cleaning the oven wall.

With these and other will hereinafter become ent invention consists in objects in view, as apparent, the prescertain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

It is understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of the device may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

The pan is preferably formed of sheet metal and is of a size to be conveniently The bottom or base plate 1 is substantially rectangular in contour and rising from its opposite longitudinal edges are vertical side walls 2 and 3. These side walls have their opposite ends extending to the ends of the bottom 1. The leading end edges of these walls are inclined outwardly from the bottom 1 and. the upper longitudinal edge of each wall slopes rearwardly from the leading edges, thus causing the forward ends of the front walls to be or greater height than the rear ends.

The rear wall 4 has its lower longitudinal edge secured to the rear end of the base or bottom 1, and its opposite ends connected with the rear ends of the side walls 2 and 3,

its upper edge lying in a plane with the upper rear corners of the side walls. The front wall 5 has its lower longitudinal edge connected to the front end of the base or bottom 1 and its opposite ends connected to the outwardly inclined leading edges of the side walls, the upper edge of this wall lying in the plane of the upper leading corners of the side walls. It willbe noted that this wall inclines forwardly and that the vertical height at the forward end of the pan is greater than the vertical height of the rear end of the pan. With this construction it is obvious that the contents of the pan will be more readily disposed than if the front wall were vertical with respect to the bottom. The cover of the pan is formed of two sections, one of which is stationary as shown at 6 and extends from the rear end 4 to a point approximately in alinement with the intermediate portion of each side wall. The section 7 is hingedly connected as shown at 8 to the forward end of the stationary section 6 and is of a length suflicient to cover the opening between the forward edge of the stationary section 6 and front wall 5. A suitable handle 9 is rigidly secured to the intermediate portion of the outer face of the rear wall 4 and is so arranged that the pan may be held in position to collect the dust without danger of the same soiling the operator and to further aid the operator to empty the pan by simply holding, grasping the handle with one hand and with the other lifting the movable cover 7 whereby the contents will flow from the pan when the latter is held in a substantially vertical position which will obviate the usual necessity of turning the open side overthe barrel or other receptacle in order to dislodge the last portion of the contents which usually the latter is vertical. I

In operation, the inclined front wall of the pan is held tightly against the stove below the flue opening, the bottom it understood being maintained horizontal. The brush or scraper designed for cleaning the flue is now inserted in the fine and it will be observed that by virtue of the rear end of the pan being of less height than'the forward end of the pan that the brush or scraper may be tilted so that the operator need not shift the further this tool may greater extent than were hand along the tool, and be tilted to much the'rear wall of the pan of the same height as the front wall.. It is clear that soot gravitating from the flue will gravitate down the inclined front wall of the pan to As above stated, when the fine has been cleaned the soot will have accumulated in the front end of the pan to a much greater extent thanthe rear end, since the front end of the pan is of greater height than the rear end, thus enabling the pan when placed upon a barrel or other receptacle for the dust collected, to be tilted and discharged of its contents with less effort on the part of the operator than usual owing to the larger end of the pan beinp; heavier when filled with dust.

It will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 2 of the drawing that the opposite ends of the handle 9 are off-set as at 10 and are formed with oppositely extending plates 11 and 12 the former of which is arranged for Copies of this patent may be obtained for will be p the bottom of the pan.

.upper forward connection with the intermediate portion of the wall 4 adjacent its lower edge while the plate'l2 is adapted to be secured to the top 6 intermediate its longitudinal edges and adjacent its rear edge. This construction obviously not only braces the pan or receptacle but also causes the handle proper to be held in spaced relation with respect to the said wall 4,.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

A pan for collecting soot removed from oven walls comprising bottom, side, front, rear and top members, the side members constantly decreasing in height from the front to the rear of the pan, member being inclined forwardly from the bottom to the top of vthe pan to form an overhang adapted to-extend over the'molding of a stove to permit engagement of the edge of the pan with a stove directly'beneath the soot door of the latter while the bottom of the pan is completely engaged with a support and said top mem-- ber connecting with the extreme upper edges of the side members and terminating short of the forward end of the side members to forma feed opening, and a cover hinged to the forward edge of the top member for closing said opening. t

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signatwo witnesses.

ture, in presence of FANNIE HARVEY.

Witnesses CLYDE STEENBURG, v

ALFRED W. STEENBURG.

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Washington, D. G.

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